Weekly Newsletter October 30-November 3

Weekly Newsletter Grade 5

Dates: October 30 - November 3

Curriculum Information for the Week:

Literacy: Students will be continuing their Nonfiction reading and writing unit.  This unit will be integrated with our science unit, so students will be using texts about sustainable energy to improve their nonfiction reading. This week we will focus on text structures and finding the main idea.

Math: Students will continue their work with coordinate planes.  They will be plotting ordered pairs, as well as reading and interpreting data on coordinate planes.  Students will continue to review our learning from Unit 1 and Unit 2 in the daily warm ups.

Unit of Study:  We will continue to work with the Sustainable Energy unit.  Classes will continue to get into the labs working with circuits. The classes are all reading a non-fiction book on Energy.

For more information and ways to support your child please visit the Parent Learning Connection page.

Important Reminders/Information: (also see GLC Updates)

2 dress up days...Halloween and Deepavali...(free-no donations necessary)

This Tuesday is HALLOWEEN. Remember that you can wear your costume to school, but if it’s elaborate you should bring it separately.

Friday is Deepavali Day at ISKL. Students are encouraged to wear clothing to celebrate this holiday. There will be an assembly, cooking and hallway activities!

There are two U11 basketball games this week and the big tournament is this Saturday.

Highlight - Last Week:

We began our Non-Fiction writing unit and on Friday the students wrote about what they know. They wrote about: horses, cats, cars, football, dogs, and other fun topics. Ask your 5th grader what they wrote about.